The Buffalo Sabres couldn't pull it off against the Atlanta Thrashers, 5 to 4, in a shootout on October 28, 2006.
Final
1st period
ATL
BUF
Bobby Holik (EV) assisted by Jim Slater and Marian Hossa
1
0
Daniel Briere (EV) assisted by Jochen Hecht and Jason Pominville
1
1
Scott Mellanby (EV) assisted by Bobby Holik
2
1
2nd period
ATL
BUF
Thomas Vanek (PP) assisted by Derek Roy and Maxim Afinogenov
2
2
Niko Kapanen (EV) assisted by Andy Sutton
3
2
3rd period
ATL
BUF
Jason Pominville (EV) assisted by Daniel Briere and Teppo Numminen
3
3
Ilya Kovalchuk (EV) assisted by Scott Mellanby and Shane Hnidy
4
3
Jochen Hecht (EV) assisted by Jason Pominville and Brian Campbell
4
4
Thrashers
Sabres
Goals
4
4
Shots
36
36
Penalty Minutes
10
4
Power-Play Goals
0
1
Power-Play Opportunities
2
5
Faceoff Wins
37
39
Hits
16
25
Giveaways
18
23
Takeaways
4
1
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Lehtonen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 32 | .889 | 4 | 3.69 | 0 | 65 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. De Vries | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21:27 | |
G. Exelby | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 | |
N. Havelid | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 31:43 | |
S. Hnidy | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 | ||
B. Holik | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
M. Hossa | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:49 |
N. Kapanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:54 |
I. Kovalchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:09 |
V. Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:32 |
B. Larsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:44 | |
S. Mellanby | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:56 |
G. Metropolit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:25 | |
S. Rucchin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20:50 |
J. Sim | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
J. Slater | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:55 | |
A. Sutton | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28:42 | |
J. Vigier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:51 | |
V. Vishnevski | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 32 | .889 | 4 | 3.70 | 0 | 65 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Afinogenov | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:53 | |
D. Briere | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:39 |
B. Campbell | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:16 | ||
C. Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:05 | |
P. Gaustad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:17 |
J. Hecht | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:04 |
D. Kalinin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:50 | ||
A. Kotalik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:37 | |
T. Lydman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:10 | |
A. Mair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6:00 | |
J. Novotny | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 |
T. Numminen | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:07 | ||
N. Paetsch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:55 | ||
A. Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:18 | ||
J. Pominville | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:17 | |
D. Roy | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:26 |
J. Spacek | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24:10 | |
T. Vanek | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18:33 |
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G/GP
3.13
11th
GA/GP
3.41
28th
PP%
16.7
27th
PK%
78.3
19th
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